Darts and Dartboard
The darts are apparently sticky, so will stick to anything.
The dartboard is a little cardboard cutout... Nothing fancy.
Grumpy Cat
Grumpy Cat plushie isn't very cat-shaped.. More like an egg, or a Tribble.. But he is at least grumpy..
Hobbit Pen
A pen and bookmark that are apparently related to the Hobbit.
*shrugs*
Elf Ears
More Hobbittitity ignorance from me!
Comic
Star Trek meets Planet of the Apes!?
.. Oh.. Kay..!
Film Cell
One of those fancy things, where they take a film reel and cut out a tiny frame of the film, stick it onto a bit of card, and charge you $70,000,000 for it.
Mine has Darth Vader in it, so is easily worth twice that much!
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Not a bad haul.
Now, I'm off to throw some darts at Molly.
When the better item is the TShirt, you know you're in trouble!
TShirt
Donkey Kong with a barrel. Nice!
Arcade Score : 10/10
Badges
Who the hell wears badges, anymore!?
Sonic, Earthworm Jim, Battletoads and Shinobi.
Technically a couple of them could be classified as Arcade, but they put the Genesis logo on the pack, so they aren't getting any bonus points.
Arcade Score : 1/10
Stickers
Mostly unrecognisable warped faces, on stickers.
A few of them are from Arcade games, but most are from Console games..
Arcade Score : 2/10
Tetris Notebook
.. ...
This was in December's Nerdblock.
Arcade Score : 2/10
Duplication Deduction : -2
Halo "Not Lego"
I'll build this up, later. It'll give me something to do, I suppose!
Halo isn't Arcade, though.
Arcade Score : 0/10
Comicbook
Plants vs Zombies. A complete comic book, as opposed to the regular "Issue one of 50,000,000" crap that they usually send you.
... But.. you know.. Plants vs Zombies.. :\
I know that, technically, there's now an Arcade machine of this game, but fuck that!!
Arcade Score : 0/10
Flashsicle
OK, nice TShirt, but I'm a UK citizen.
"Flash" isn't exactly a mega-popular character over here. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen him in Smallville..
So, that's half the TShirt's references lost on most of the country.
Secondly, 'Popsicle' is a US brand, and not really all that well known over here.
So.. That's the other half completely lost on folk, too.
Well done with THAT choice, fellas!!
Titan Figure
Saul Goodman
Nice, and well timed with the new Better Call Saul series having just started. (Watch it on Netflix, folks!)
Still not a fan of the crazy-headed Titan figures, but .. whatever..
Notepad
Drumkit
It's a nice enough little desktop ornament/paper thing.
Lots of blank pages, with a cover that looks like a set of drums, and two pencils that look like drumsticks. .. HUGELY out of proportion drumsticks, but drumsticks none-the-less.
Josie Smith would be proud. They have rubbers on the end.
Comic
Star Wars
A Star Wars comic. It will remain as unopened as the other comics.
Toy
Clicky Snake Bollocks
Little snake things that click into positions. Much like that Snake Toy that Paul Robinson used to have on his desk, in Neighbours, except clicky so it stays in the position you put it in.
There's two of them.
They're both as useless and shitty as each other.
Wowie..
I am so lucky.
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Cards
Oh, ffs..
Yeay, they've discovered the joys of printed card.
If I didn't have a kick-ass laser printer that could replicate these in an instant, they might be interesting.
If I played card games, they might be interesting.
If I understood the rules of any of these Trading Card games, they might be interesting.
If I was a collector of things that are too random to give a shit about, they might be interesting.
Yep.. Exactly as predicted, i've cancelled NerdBlock.
I'll be sticking with ArcadeBlock.. That might be scoring 0/10 in "Arcade" points, but at least it's decent, Gaming-wise.
TShirt : Majora's Mask
Nice shirt!
I promised my cousin that anything Zelda-ish will be heading to him..
... but I'll be keeping this one for myself!
Arcade Score : 0/10
Plushie : Toon Link
Awww!!!! So cute, and kinda annoyed that I'm giving it to my cousin. Grrr.. Stupid promises!!!!
Arcade Score : 0/10
Mousemat : LTTP
(I'm assuming it's from LTTP, anyway.. Looks vaguely like it's style.)
Will ALSO be going my Cousin's way.
I must admit, it's quite a nice material. Very floppy, but also thick enough for purpose. It's been a LONG time since I last bought a Mousemat!!
Arcade Score : 0/10
Mug : StarFox Coffee
Awesome! What a lovely mug!
Our Mug cupboard is getting very full, btw.. Going to have to start stashing some of these upstairs, methinks.
Arcade Score : 0/10
Figure : Metal Sonic
The blue ball contains a fantastic little Metal Sonic figure.
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Arcade Score : 0/10
Keyring : Pacman
It even goes "Wakka wakka wakka" when you hold down it's button!!! Demonstration!
Woohoo!!
Arcade Score : 10/10
Not a bad haul, this month. Certainly leaps and bounds ahead of the craptastic NerdBlock, last week! God damn, that was shit...
Overall Arcade Score : 10/60
A shame the overall Arcade score still isn't very Arcadey, but it's a nice collection, so that's ok!
Cool. Very cool. I'm a Zelda fan, so anything related to that franchise is fine by me. The PacMan and StarFox stuff is just icing on a lovely cake. Sonic is none too shabby too.
So, yeah. Not arcade related, but good stuff anyway. Nice
Two TShirts!! Two of 'em!!
On the right is an Onett "Little League" one, which is lovely!
On the left is "Radio Free Kyrat", which a quick Googling suggests is something to do with Far Cry 4.
Both TShirts are nice, and I'll no doubt be wearing both.
But, as far as "Arcade" goes, neither get ANY points!!
Arcade Score : 0/10 *2
Comic : Batman : Arkham Knight
I'm building quite a collection of unopened, unread comics!
This is another to add to the collection.
Arcade Score : 0/10
Notepad : Gameboy Post-it Pad
The last time we saw this, it had the Arkham Asylum logo on it. This time it's a Gameboy.
Either way, these are lovely little things to have around.
Inside is a fantastic little collection of Post-it stickies, ranging from large to teensy, in a variety of colours.
Lovely little "notebook" these things are.
.. But Gameboys aren't Arcade!!
Arcade Score : 0/10
Keyring : Ryu, Hadoken
Click the button, and "Hadoken" is unleashed, in a beam of dazzling white LED light! Vine Clip
Yup, that's what that does!
And, hey, that's an actual arcade game!!!
Arcade Score : 10/10
Stress "ball" : Joystick
Not an authentic Atari Joystick
Looks a lot like one, but doesn't have the orange ring, and the button's on the right instead of the left.
Boooo, hissssss!!!
Oh, and Arcade!? I think not!
Arcade Score : 0/10
So there we have it. 10/60 again. Seems to be a common score!
TShirt
Pretty sure that's Kingdom Hearts, but there's no Disney characters on it. I'm going to assume licensing issues are the problem, there! Kingdom Hearts looks weird without any Disney characters!!
Arcade Score : 0/10
Magazine
An issue of "Retro", which appears to be a standard RetroGamer rip-off (or maybe it's the other way around, who knows!)
Arcade Score : 6/10 : Mostly console based, but there's a bit of Arcadeyness in there.
Figurine
A Skylander!
His name is Whirlwind, apparently.
He'll look nice on my shelf, because they can fuck off if they think I'm paying for the fucking game to go with it!
Arcade Score : 0/10
Kitchen Accessories
2 little Pacman ghosts, as Salt and Pepper shakers.
Gotta say, these are bloody gorgeous!!
Arcade Score : 10/10! WOW! 10!!!
Keyring
Pixellated Treasure Chest.
Not the best thing in the world, but a nice enough keyring.
FACT : If I attached all these keyrings to my keys, I'd look like a right tit, by now!
Arcade Score : 5/10 : It isn't specifically "from" anything, so we'll score it moderately!
CD
LOL, CD.. So very 90's.
Anyway, it's from one of those "Videogames LIVE!" performances, and has the following 14 tracks on it.
1. DKCountry
2. League of Legends "The Challengers"
3. Final Fantasy VI "Opera Aria Remix"
4. Cave Story
5. WOW "Magnificent Desolation"
6. MGS 3 "Snake Eater"
7. Uncharted 2
8. Zelda's Lullaby
9. Resident Evil 5 "Wind of Madness"
10. Assassin's Creed IV "Black Flag"
11. BioShock
12. Earthworm Jim
13. Crono Cross "Radical Dreamers"
14. Castlevania Rock LIVE!
Arcade Score : 5/10 : Mostly all console games, but.. you know what.. I'm feeling generous today!
Total Arcade Score : 26/60 : Nearly halfway there! Keep it up, ArcadeBlock!
I should probably know what that is, but unfortunately I don't know what that is!
Arcade Score : 5/10 : I don't know what that is!
Stan
Stan's the Man... The man with the sword!
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Stan's a TV character, silly Arcade Block!
Jar
A Glass Jar with 2.5 lovehearts on it. For storing your extra lives!
Arcade Score : 5/10 : Probably more Zelda than anything, but we'll be generous and give them a few points.
Magnet
Kick, Punch, it's all in the fridge magnet!
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Nope.. No Arcade points for Playstation Only games, I'm afraid!
Sign
"Blue Shell on Board", looking like that "Baby on Board" sign, which has resulted in me having the "Baby on Board" song stuck in my head for the past twenty minutes.
Arcade Score : 1/10 : There WAS a Mario Kart Arcade.. But a buttload of home versions... So, it gets one point, I guess..
FoxHound is the the enemy organisation that Solid Snake et al are up against in the Metal Gear games.
Yeah, not particularly arcadey. I'd actually give it -10 for that. Especially since Metal Gear is in no way an "arcade" game or "arcade action", being based on stealth.
1. TShirt
Team Red vs Team Blu, a Team Fortress 2 shirt. Quite nice, no complaints.
Haven't played Team Fortress, so didn't realise that "Mann Co" was a thing, but I'm not entirely sure that I want to be wandering around with a TShirt with the Japanese word for Pussy on the front of it..
.. Just sayin'!
Arcade Score : 0/10 - That's not Arcade
2. "Coexist" bumper sticker.
I have no car to bumper this to, and I've always been one to go "WTF ARE YOU DOING TO YOUR TECH?" whenever I see people shove stickers all over their laptops, like a 12 year old would to their schoolbooks.
This will remain unused.
Arcade Score : 5/10 - Not entirely Arcade, but Pacman's there, so that's OK..
3. Portal 2 Fridge Magnets
Can't complain.. Magnets are magnets.. And there's cake, too!
Arcade Score : 0/10 - Not Arcadey!
4. Retro Magazine
I got an issue of this a couple of months ago.
I haven't read it.
I won't read this.
This is wasted on me.
Arcade Score : 5/10 - There probably is something arcadey, but I'll never read it to find out.
5. Car Speedometer Style watch.
Push the button, and the LEDs light up to tell you the time.
I own a Pebble watch, and my Pebble Time is on pre-order. I can make my own damn Car Speedometer display, thankyou very much.
Nice, though.
Arcade Score : 10/10 - And if you think that's too generous, wait until you see the next thing...
6. A piece of fucking card.
A piece of fucking card with a fucking picture on it.
Well, whoop diddley fucking doo.
Did I mention I own a kick-ass lazer printer, and could easily have printed a shitty picture onto a shitty piece of card?
Not even anything on the back, either.
A fucking useless fucking piece of fucking card, with a fucking picture on it..
Could've happily done without that, thanks..
Arcade Score : -10 .. Because fuck that shit.. Minus fucking 10.
Arcade Score : 10/60 : Would've been higher, but fuck that card...
What on earth is that picture supposed to be? It's mountains with lightning if I'm seeing things correctly. Is there anything else? Is it even slightly game related?
I think you're being particularly generous with that 10/60 score there Jay.
The Retro mag is probably the only thing there that floats my boat.
This month's Arcade Block turned up about a week later than it oughta. I know by the tracking, that it reached UK last Wednesday. It usually turns up the next morning.
Took almost an entire feckin' week, this time.
Grrr..
TShirt : Caution : Poo-Hair?!
I don't know what this is supposed to be.
(Apparently it's "The Last of Us")
Arcade Score : 0/10 : This is not an arcade game.
TShirt : Overlook Hotel
The only Overlook Hotel I can think of is from The Shining.
Arcade Score : -10/10 : This is most definitely not an arcade game.
Comic : Sonic
A Sonic Comic.. I won't complain.
Arcade Score : 1/10 : Sonic did have an Arcade outing, I suppose.
"Coasters" : Cartridges
Subtly "not quite right" to avoid copyright litigation, and also not very good as coasters, as they're actually made from Beermat paper-ish material, so are pretty much single-use only.
Bah, humbug.
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Cartridges are NOT Arcade
Val POP
Have I mentioned how much I hate these bloody POP figures? They all look exactly the fucking same, and are boring and dull and shit and rubbish and crap.
I had to google quite a bit to figure out that Val is from the game Evolve, which I'd never even heard of, so.. Umm..
Arcade Score : -10/10 : I'm being mean with the scores, by this point, but I don't care!
CD : Coin Op Crush
..is currently being ripped by iTunes as I type this.
16 tracks of varying quality, which are mostly slightly reminiscent of some games that you may or may not know.
Generic shitty modern music. Take a tiny tiny tiny looping sample, repeat ad-nauseum, and get jiggy over the top of it.
A man what raps
all over the tracks
makes it hard for you to hear
if the samples are even in there.
Arcade Score : -50/10 ... FUCKING 50! Fuck this shit!!!
And then lastly some "Cut the Rope" squishy pea-sized blobby things, which you can't even use as keyrings.. They just.. squishy odd little fucking things that have little or no purpose.
Gee, thanks!
Arcade Score : -100/10... Useless, crap, garbage, and not even slightly Arcadey
TShirt : Counter Strike.
Done in an old Nintendo Boxart style.
Quite nice.
Arcade Score : 0/10 - It's not an Arcade game, and the "Nintendo Boxart" style isn't Arcadey, either!
Plushie : Scorpion
Get Over Here!!!
Arcade Score : 10/10 - Finally.. Something arcadey! Yeay!!
Magazine : Fucking Retro Fucking Magazine.
£19.99 a month for a box of tat, not a fucking magazine subscription. I'm taking points off for the fact that I now have 3 issues of this bloody thing, that I did NOT subscribe to, I do NOT want, and I haven't even fucking well read.
Arcade Score : -10/10 - Fuck it.
Flag : Boston Vault Dwellers
I quite like this, it's nice! Not sure where I'm going to put it, but it's nice.
Arcade Score : 0/10 - Fallout isn't an Arcade game.
CD : Scott Pilgrim vs The World
I wonder if they're aware of the UK's U-Turn on Copyright law, and that it even stops us from converting a CD into MP3s?
.. Because I just broke the law!!!
Arcade Score : 0/10 - Pretty sure that's not an arcade game.
Total Score : -10/60 : A bad month for Arcade Block.
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I promised my cousin that anything Zelda-themed will be going directly to him, so although it's a decent month, I won't be keeping half of it.
TShirt : Zelda Wind Waker
A lovely TShirt. I get to keep the TShirts.. Wrong size for cousin
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Zelda isn't an Arcade game.
Canvas Print : Zelda
Aww, how lovely!
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Zelda isn't an Arcade game.
Springy Chicken
A chicken on a spring! Because.. .. Why not!
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Zelda still isn't an Arcade game.
Keyring : Zelda's shield in miniature
There's some really nice stuff, this month, and I'm slightly annoyed that I ain't keeping it all!!
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Zelda really isn't an Arcade game!!
Plushie : Goomba!
Aaah, finally, something to keep. And what a lovely little Goomba it is, too.
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Mario isn't an Arcade game, either.
Correction, Mr Rockford has suggested that, because Mario was originally from DonkeyKong and his Mario Bros game, both of which appeared in the Arcade, i oughta give the Goombas a higher score.
New Arcade Score : 1/10 : *tsk*
And last..
A Record ....
Wait.. Let me check I'm not dreaming.
...
Nope.. That's definitely a record.
A good old fashioned 7" single.
"Galak-Z : The Dimensional" by "SCNTFC"
It's available on Apple Music if you want to hear it.
The tracks included on the record are (Side A) The Dimensional and (Side B) White Tusk
As for WTF it is, it's apparently a PS4 game.
Arcade Score : 0/10 : PS4!=Arcade
1/60 : I really like a lot of this month's box. And it got a higher score than last month!! Still, not "Arcade", though, is it... Hmmm...
Um, Mario IS an arcade game. Super Mario Bros 1 - 3 were available as arcade games. Can't remember if Goombas were in the original Mario Bros or Donkey Kong games, but they might have been and they were definitely arcade games first before coming to console.
See PlayChoice 10 for other Nintendo arcade games.
